The roles of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor during the final stage of folliculogenesis: A focus on oocyte maturation

Reproduction

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Linher Melville, Katja ^a   Li, Julang ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

CELL CULTURE; CUMULUS CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY FUNCTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION TECHNIQUES; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

EID: 84874090790     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0219     Document Type: Review

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